harlot_spoken_of_dust
-{::ephemeral||arcs::}- Harlot spoken of dust
open trails gust
the twinkling beneath their sky
the hope tangled marsh snare
of heathen crawling far from near

a piercing act to hold the straights of pier
and ten deducts of the door
time whistles far from here
a smiling decit of homage to your dear

Hollow dirge of the storms
cradles harkened rapture in her arms
ten thousand lamps sway the peace
breathing winds carving patterns from stardust release

One Once Winged
Could not be a feather
once again
caught in the wind
020627
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oldephebe this is one of the best poems I've read here. I love the economy of imagery, the disquieting evocations,
the first and third stanzas are
like flowers
growing out of stone
up an iron trellis
aching towards an
unseen light
030718
what's it to you?
who go
blather
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